Short Verso Poems

She looks down at the street
As the rain fall
Busy cars passes by
As her mind drifts
She imagines dragons
All small or tall
And fairies are walking
Carrying gifts

James Cottrell
VISUAL OF A VERSO
8/19/2015...

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My soul and rain are one
lost in despair
like an empty cold street
made of cut stone
neither ever escapes
its solitaire
languishing in darkness
both are alone!

contest Visual of a Verso
8/18/15
Frederic Parker...

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Again this loneliness
Again this pain
Like a desolate place
Oh my heart aches
Heavens come to my aid
I grieve in vain
Let us together cry
Ere love forsakes!


Abdul Malik, 08/19/15
Visual of a Verso contest by nette onclaud...

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As fragmented skies weep
My night of gray
Monochrome memories
And cobblestone
Dreams silently await
The break of day
when suddenly I hear
The telephone!  

Written by Emile Aug. 19th , 2015 for “VISUAL OF A VERSO - Poetry Contest”...

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Drenched in ashen night
My thoughts are gone
Where a road pales afar
My shadow torn
Like a moan in the flesh
Weeping upon
A trail of love’s vignettes
Stained by rainstorm!



Visual  Of Verso---nette onclaud Contest
Ashley Conte
August 18, 2015...

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Praise this renewed daybreak
Grace of sunlight
Pouring into my home
Blessings unfold
To grant me well with peace
That work be bright 
In times of restlessness
My strength I hold !


Variations From A  Verso
 Contest of Nette Onclaud
Jul 23, 2025...

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(Wined Floor)

The wine brewed without
Drip drop drip drop
Visual temptations lured me
My bronze tresses wet
Down the nape to my soul
Red painted toes
Danced on the wined floor
Decked for love.

Balveen Cheema
Contest: Visual Of A Verso
August 20, 2015...

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Deep inside the sorrow
Hollow words ring
Again to be shut out
March through the heart
Pain in the solitude
Always will bring
Angst for a future lost
At death we part!


Contest:Visual of a Verso
Sponsored by:Nette Onclaud
Written by:Greg Hoffman. 8/20/2015...

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An ombré of coal black
zinnia red
across stygian sky
metamorphose
the stelliferous night
when sunrays tread
the dewy morn awakes
red as a rose!



Placed fifth
VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud 
25th July,2025

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Encanta

Basta um momento
use, perceba:
use
encante...

Hoje e sempre
para a vida
e os negócios...
fazendo foto, 
frente e verso
corpo e coração, 
faça agora!

Leve a mensagem... 
cuida da beleza,
cuida da beleza de outras
dê força, 
mostre o caminho
faça mais e mais!...

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Dampened Dreams


Beauty wrapped in sadness
Hot tears fresh taste
Cooling pools of despair’s
Harsh salted lie
Blur the vision of love
No longer chaste
In dim streetlights envy
Faded dreams dry!


John G. Lawless
VISUAL OF A VERSO – poetry contest
8/17/2015...

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my soul is torn in two

trapped  in this tomb

in anguish  and despair

do I dare run

hide in shadowed alleys

my scars  consume

thoughts I cannot forgive

hope there is none

By8/20/2015 


Sponsor:Broken Wings



Contest Name: Any poem trashed in a recent contest...

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Third night of loneliness
mixed thoughts in brain
Her heart bleeds for her love
doorway she stays
As her soul travels through
tunnel of pain
This road she'd never walked
why now?she says.

Olusegun Arowolo.     Date: 8-21-15
CONTEST:"VISUAL OF A VERSO" sponsored by Nette Onclaud....

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Sponsor's name: Nette Onclaud
Contest title:  VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Poetry Contest  Date: July 26, 2025




A sky like a pressed coal
Stars like embers
Shadows unforgiving
Absence of light
Dust-laden silent air
Faint warmth enters
The dark brushes the skin
Scream of the night!...

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Encanta

Basta um momento
use, sinta, perceba:
use
encante...

Hoje e sempre
para a vida
e os negócios...
fazendo foto, 
frente e verso
corpo e coração, 
faça agora!

Leve a mensagem... 
cuida da beleza,
cuida da beleza de outras
dê força, 
mostre o caminho
faça mais e mais!...

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Contest : Vibrations From A Verso
Sponsor : Nette Onclaud
Date : July 26, 2025

Sparkle of unfurled dawn
Dances on dew
Diamond lattice entwines
Grass with crown worn
Sapphire stillness glistens
Braces world new
Bright hues of sanguine sky 
Hail dewfresh morn!...

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A quiet night like this
Has its twin stilled
Yet echoes in my heart
A siren song
Notes find their way to yours
Till flesh is filled
With urgent steps for home
For each we long!








Kim Patrice Nunez
20 August 2015
Visual of a Verso Contest
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud...

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Rejuvenated 






All desires washed away 
The azure weeps
To dark night's illumine
Sobs subtle heart
Some reflections of past
Usurp my sleeps
As all life rests tranquil
For a fresh start !




Written August 21st, 2015
© Dr. Upma A. Sharma
For contest "visual of a verso" by Nette...

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Maquiagem que encanta

Foi um momento
em que usei
que percebi:
usei
encantei...

Hoje e sempre
para a vida
para a vida e os negócios...
fazendo foto, 
frente e verso
corpo e coração.
Faça agora!

Leve como mensagem... 
Cuida da beleza,
Cuida da beleza de outras
Dê força, 
Mostre o caminho!...

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She sits with heavy heart
Watching the rain
Pouring relentlessly
As feelings flow
Warm tears run down her face
Easing the pain
Until the deluge stops
And street lights glow!

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Paul Callus ~ 18th Aug 2015
Contest: Visual of a Verso
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Placed 4th...

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She’ll never give up hope
He will return
Searching all avenues
Calling his name
Longing to hear his voice
Full of concern
Since Rover slipped the lead
Life’s not the same!

Jan Allison
21st August 2015 
Contest Visual of a Verso
Sponsor Nette Onclaud
Checked using How Many Syllables...

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Like the note she let fall
her heart is torn
With the downpour she weeps
while far away
on streets where hell rained down
Night is reborn
blood on slick stones now washed
from where he lay!

Written 8/20/2015 by Andrea Dietrich
For the Visual of a Verso Poetry contest of nette onclaud...

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Words: 44 Numbers: 9


Lay down
Back straight
On Mother Earth
meditate
Breathe in 3
Hold in 5
Release in 7
Be the connection
between earth and heaven
Connect the dots
with hands and feet
In figure 8
the circuits complete
We are 3 times 6
made manifest
In 360 degrees
we face this test.


© Verso 2016...

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A wood stove takes some work
to keep it lit
and is in fact a job
for younger men
With wood to chop and haul
and then to split
and just as you sit down
it's time again!

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This one is called a Verso-Rhyme,
8 lines, 6:4:6:4:6:4:6:4 syllables,
and xaxbxaxb rhyme scheme,
as per poet's collective dot org...

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For: VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
July 24, 2025
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in the dark coal of night
the light the light
is hidden from our sight 
each one is blind
and silent deaf and dumb
without the right 
to question why oh why
can't You be kind!
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